Biology:Stephanoceras humphriesianum

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Stephanoceras humphriesianum
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
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Stephanoceras humphriesianum from Germany , on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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S. humphriesianum
Binomial name
Stephanoceras humphriesianum
Sowery 1825

Stephanoceras humphriesianum is an extinct species of Stephanoceratoid ammonites.[2]

Illustration of Stephanoceras humphriesianum from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)

Description

Stephanoceras humphriesianum has an evolute shell with well-developed ribbing and tubercles.

Distribution

Fossils of Stephanoceras humphriesianum are found in the Middle Jurassic marine strata of British Columbia, England and Germany.[1][3] The zone of Stephanoceras humphriesianum is an ammonite biozone of the Bajocian age, in the Tethys domain.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20721291 entry